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An extended take on a question I saw at the Sheffield Photographers social media page. Firstly I would begin at using shutter speeds above 1/250s. Firstly it will stop blur because of the motion in the singers. Also , it will also stop blur arising from you holding the camera.  The gain (ISO) of the camera will have to be raised up a fair […]

Earlier this week Nottingham had been caught up in very severe snowstorms as “The Beast From The East” – a cold front of Siberian origins swept across the UK , causing major disruption to cities and travel infrastructure – particularly within Scotland. The first seven images were taken walking around Nottingham City Centre late on Wednesday evening after I’d been helping out at Notts Tweetup . […]

Scoping the Council House , Sep 2014 About the image : I fully exploited the hexagonal facade of a car park along Mount Street in Nottingham to get a cheeky look at the Council House. A fascinating car park , with some interesting geometric forms in addition to the facade due to the supporting concrete beams – which I included in this image. I […]

As the lights come on – view back from Corporation Oaks , Nottingham , Jan 2017 About the image : I was looking for a general view of Elm Avenue , in the background and framing this up , when the lights suddenly turned on. Normally they glow white , but at low temperatures they threw off this wonderful green hues , which contrasted […]

A set of images documenting the deconstruction of two footbridges over Collin Street , Nottingham connecting the Broadmarsh car park , which currently being demolished , to the adjacent shopping centre. I took these following on from a study of Maid Marian Way where I took advantage of road closures on the evening. I was able to stay for a couple of hours to […]

A unusual look at Collin Street and Maid Marian Way in Nottingham which were closed to traffic for two nights in early January 2018 due to demolition works at the nearby Broadmarsh Car Park . Two footbridges were being removed over Collin Street – and I wanted to document some of that (in a later blog) , but I also wanted to take full […]

Here’s the second part to my 2017 annual photographic review , the first part can be found here. 5/From the Big Wheel – Goose Fair ’17 Another technical challenge – I’d always fancied seeing if I could get aerial views of Goose Fair , and now with the D4 I had the gear to do so , from the top of a ferris wheel. […]

Happy to share this bit of excellent  feedback which I’ve received from a recent project at the New Art Exchange from David Mather (above). “I am keen to support local talent and have been very pleased with the results from working with Lamar. We recently commissioned Lamar to record a recent RIBA event held at New Art Exchange on how architecture can influence sustainable […]

Here is  the first part of my look back of 2017 photographically . From the top: 1/ – “Taking a Dip” – Old Market Square fountains – August 2017 In all truth , this came about as a bit of a torture test exploring the limits of a Nikon D4 with an ultrawide 14-24mm lens which I’d purchased two weeks prior! I’d spent quite […]

Needed to take a break from my surroundings in Nottingham a couple of weeks having been very busy with preparations for my recent mini exhibition at Think   , and a fitting chance came about to stay with a friend , Hannah who’s based in Salisbury for a weekend before I got to move along to take a look at Bristol. The town has […]